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Printed version posted by Patrick Lanove @ Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:51:53 +0000

Patrick Lanove — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:59:16 +0000

“If this were printed, I would buy it immediately. I like to have a physical library of books on hand. Not so much into PDFs and wouldn’t pay for one.” -David J.

While the last part there does not apply for me, the rest does. Also, like Daniel Sperl I performed many online searches for info on this book. It was only after reading his post that I learned this book has no printed counterpart.

So please, Dave and Andy, we want a printed version.

Typos and Errors posted by Patrick Lanove @ Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:43:01 +0000

Patrick Lanove — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:43:01 +0000

could not agree more with you Tony. I am now a little more than halfway trough the book and already I am getting the feeling of reading trough an draft version.

Printed version posted by Molte Andersen @ Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:51:59 +0000

Molte Andersen — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:51:59 +0000

I too, would by far prefer a printed copy.

Printed version posted by Daniel Sperl @ Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:29:27 +0000

Daniel Sperl — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:59:52 +0000

I’d love to have a printed version, too!

And, BTW: it would be great if you added the information that the book is ONLY available for download prominently on the book’s info page. I searched quite a while at Amazon and other stores because I was not aware of that, and did not find it!

Thanks in advance!
Daniel

Basic misconceptions about electricity posted by Michele Mendel @ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:56:52 +0000

Michele Mendel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:56:52 +0000

I have just started reading the book, but already found the common misconceptions (we all learned in school) about the basics of electricity.

One example is “flowing current”. This is actually very confusing, since a current is a flow and not something that can flow.

Also, capacitors store energy, not charge. The charge is there all the time.

Here is one site helping us understand electricity – http://amasci.com/miscon/eleca.html.

Typos and Errors posted by Tony Williamitis @ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:33:40 +0000

Tony Williamitis — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:33:40 +0000

I just bought this ebook a few days ago and have read the entire book. It was more basic than I was hoping but my complaint is the tremendous quantity of errors, several of which could have been caught by merely running a spellchecker. It is surprising that in version 1.2 of a book such fundamental mistakes as double words and missing conjunctions would persist. I spotted literally 100 errors. I would have painstakingly submitted them all but I saw that submissions from previous editions were still not fixed in 1.2.
I feel as though I was reading a rough draft. I hope that before the next release, an editor will read the copy because it could all be fixed in 1 day by any competent editor. If I had an editable copy I would have turned on revision mode and fixed it for you as a public service. This is not up to the quality level of a Pragmatic book.

Printed version posted by David J. @ Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:10:17 +0000

David J. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:10:17 +0000

If this were printed, I would buy it immediately. I like to have a physical library of books on hand. Not so much into PDFs and wouldn’t pay for one.

Facebooker : missing option "size" for publishUserAction posted by stone112 @ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:59:54 +0000

stone112 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:01:29 +0000

You can contact with the support team they can only help you regards this matter. I got same problem and I made a contact with the support team.I was trying to publish http://www.DigBands.com/store related things over there.

Printed version posted by David Marsh @ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:02:09 +0000

David Marsh — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:02:09 +0000

I’d love a printed copy, loads of low quality books around with many color plates, how do they manage it ?

Worst ways make the less important images greyscale and have a few colour plates.

I’m sure theres a market and profit for exactly this type of book, lots of pictures is an even greater reason to print rather than PDF it.

I can’t stand reading PDF’s for more than a few minutes, for learning a subject a printed book is far superior. A quality book like this would also have some long term value.

I also agree it would make an excellent gift for techies.

Come on pragmatic programmer’s ! Get this printed and out for next christmas !

Printed version posted by Daniel Olson @ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:53:02 +0000

Daniel Olson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:53:02 +0000

I’d love a printed copy as well, PDF’s just aren’t my cup of tea for a book like this.

Printed version posted by Sam Dutton @ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:07:25 +0000

Sam Dutton — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:07:25 +0000

Another vote for printed version.

The problem for me (and others, I guess) is that I can’t order a book from work in the normal way unless it’s a printed book available from online booksellers.

Printed version posted by Steve Williams @ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:46:03 +0000

Steve Williams — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:46:03 +0000

+1 for the print version

please help me posted by curadebt_fees @ Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:27:07 +0000

curadebt_fees — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:27:07 +0000

There is minor error can you please show your code.

Linceovr 3.0 posted by briciola52 @ Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:56:31 +0000

briciola52 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:56:31 +0000

I just tried Linceo … really cool!!

Facebooker : missing option "size" for publishUserAction posted by Alexis Sukrieh @ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:16:22 +0000

Alexis Sukrieh — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:16:48 +0000

Hello,

I’m using Facebooker for writing a Facebook app and I must say it’s pretty well designed. I’m facing an issue though, with the feed publishing facilities :

I have registered a feed “user_action” with two sizes: one line and short story. The publisher manages to publish the feed entry, but always in the “one line” size.

After reading the documentation of the underlying Facebook API call, publishUserAction, I’ve realized this is because of the optional paramter “size” which is “one line” if not specified.

I cannot find how to tell my Facebooker publisher to set this parameter to “short story”.

This has the annoying effect of always publishing one line stories to user feeds, even if they granted the “short story” size…

Anyone has already managed to do that? How can I tell my publisher to deliver with the “short story” size?

Thanks !

Printed version posted by Andy Doddington @ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:48:52 +0000

Andy Doddington — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:48:52 +0000

Pretty please? Printed version :-)

UIImageView posted by Gopikrishnan Perumal @ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:24:34 +0000

Gopikrishnan Perumal — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:24:34 +0000

Hi,
How to crop the UIImage & How to Save the Image dynamically. pls help regarding this problem.

Regards,
P.Gopikrishnan.

Printed version posted by Johannes Hoff @ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:16:46 +0000

Johannes Hoff — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:16:46 +0000

I ended up buying the PDF, but I’m sorry to say that I still haven’t read it; more than half a year later. Not that I’m such a big fan of killing trees, but there is just so many places you can’t read a PDF, where you could have read a printed book.

Perhaps the showstopper is the missing ebook reader.

Printed version posted by Michael Sanders @ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:21:34 +0000

Michael Sanders — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:21:34 +0000

I agree; I’d really appreciate a printed version

please help me posted by Daisuke Tsuchiya @ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:17:31 +0000

Daisuke Tsuchiya — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:17:31 +0000

I want to redo scaffold generate operation. But when I use script/destroy and redo script/generate, the model is deleted too ,which bothers me very much. please help me.

Printed version posted by tangcsu @ Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:03:48 +0000

tangcsu — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:03:48 +0000

I hate reading off the screen for too long.

Printed version posted by Dion L Heinz @ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:09:40 +0000

Dion L Heinz — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:09:40 +0000

I would also like to see a printed version.

Printed version posted by Jon Gretar Borgthorsson @ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:42:27 +0000

Jon Gretar Borgthorsson — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:42:27 +0000

+1 for printed version.
I hate reading off the screen for too long.

Printed version posted by David Morgereth @ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:52:52 +0000

David Morgereth — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:52:52 +0000

I guess I’m a Luddite – gimme the printed version. Gotta be able to read it on the bus on my way to work.

Printed version posted by David Lazaro Saz @ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:19:03 +0000

David Lazaro Saz — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:19:03 +0000

Printed version: yes, please. I agree with Clare, I prefer printed versions for learning.